Folk & Folklore Sheet Music Downloads (PDF)

This original work, in a folk style, combines simple bowing and fingering patterns to create a valuable and engaging piece for young strings. With interesting parts for all players, this piece provide...

This standard American folk song becomes great fun in the hands of highly creative arranger Carrie Lane Gruselle. All sections have interesting parts in this often 'bluesy' arrangement. Your students...

This standard American folk song becomes great fun in the hands of highly creative arranger Carrie Lane Gruselle. All sections have interesting parts in this often 'bluesy' arrangement. Your students...

Your students will love the modern sound of this original by John O'Reilly. The piece begins with a lyrical 'Andante' in Phrygian mode utilizing slurred bowings, followed by a robust folk style 'Alleg...

Your students will love the modern sound of this original by John O'Reilly. The piece begins with a lyrical 'Andante' in Phrygian mode utilizing slurred bowings, followed by a robust folk style 'Alleg...

This beautiful arrangement of the Irish folk tune is an excellent piece for developing legate playing and dynamic contrast. Featuring solos for Violin l, Violin ll, Viola and Cello, this very playable...

This beautiful arrangement of the Irish folk tune is an excellent piece for developing legate playing and dynamic contrast. Featuring solos for Violin l, Violin ll, Viola and Cello, this very playable...

This tuneful original in the E Dorian mode will help your begining string orchestra sound its very best. Written in 3/4 time, this engaging work uses only the notes of a one-octave D major scale (plus...

This tuneful original in the E Dorian mode will help your begining string orchestra sound its very best. Written in 3/4 time, this engaging work uses only the notes of a one-octave D major scale (plus...

Your students and audience will love these 'tone pictures' Robert Kerr has created of the famous American folk legend. The wonderfully tuneful movements, entitled 'Johnny's Planting Song,' 'Johnny's P...

Your students and audience will love these 'tone pictures' Robert Kerr has created of the famous American folk legend. The wonderfully tuneful movements, entitled 'Johnny's Planting Song,' 'Johnny's P...

This very creative settings of the extremely popular Taiwanese folk song has been designed to help the student orchestra develop a sensitive and lyrical style. Accompanied by lush, modern-sounding har...

This very creative settings of the extremely popular Taiwanese folk song has been designed to help the student orchestra develop a sensitive and lyrical style. Accompanied by lush, modern-sounding har...

This clever, yet very easy treatment of one of the world's most beloved folk songs uses only a one-octave D major scale (plus open strings) within a simplified rhythmic structure. With only quarter, h...

This clever, yet very easy treatment of one of the world's most beloved folk songs uses only a one-octave D major scale (plus open strings) within a simplified rhythmic structure. With only quarter, h...

Little Liza Jane and 'Dance Josey' are American folk tunes abounding with energy and vitality. In this arrangement, these companion songs give young string players an opportunity to develop pizzicato,...

Little Liza Jane and 'Dance Josey' are American folk tunes abounding with energy and vitality. In this arrangement, these companion songs give young string players an opportunity to develop pizzicato,...

Introduce students to the four major time periods of music, all in one piece! This work covers Baroque, Classical, Romantic and early twentieth century, while using what is undoubtedly one of the most...

Introduce students to the four major time periods of music, all in one piece! This work covers Baroque, Classical, Romantic and early twentieth century, while using what is undoubtedly one of the most...

During the Civil War era, the song 'Follow the Drinking Gourd' was shared among slaves as a means to facilitate their escape to the North. The text of the song contained hidden messages about how the...

During the Civil War era, the song 'Follow the Drinking Gourd' was shared among slaves as a means to facilitate their escape to the North. The text of the song contained hidden messages about how the...

As part of Tapestry: A New England Suite, Fiddle-Fest pays homage to the fiddlers of the New England style by incorporating three tunes from the fiddle tradition. The set begins with the joyful reel '...

As part of Tapestry: A New England Suite, Fiddle-Fest pays homage to the fiddlers of the New England style by incorporating three tunes from the fiddle tradition. The set begins with the joyful reel '...

Composed in an 'Old World' style, Peasant Dance attempts to capture the spirit, energy, and spontaneity of folkdance, a celebration of both life and death. This work calls for a cabasa, though if one...

Composed in an 'Old World' style, Peasant Dance attempts to capture the spirit, energy, and spontaneity of folkdance, a celebration of both life and death. This work calls for a cabasa, though if one...